2004 Paul Achs Pinot Noir

Community Tasting Notes (2) Avg Score: 90.7 points

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  7/21/2014 - Derek Darth Taster wrote: 93 Points

  Pinot Noir Night 2nd Installment (Extra Space): Tasted blind. Pop and pour and drank over 2 hours.
  Appearance is clear, medium intensity, ruby colour with garnet at the rim. Legs.
  Nose is clean, pronounced intensity, with aromas of mushrooms, earth, and red fruit - cherry and strawberry. Developed.
  On the palate, dry, high acidity, medium+ alcohol, dry slightly puckering medium tannins, medium body. Medium+ flavor intensity, with flavours of mushrooms, earth, red cherries and strawberries. Long finish.
  It could be the warmth of the room (the air-con wasn't great) or just more air - there was a phase where the wine lost the bright acidity and seemed to take on a more subdued and dark character. We plonked the bottle in the fridge for resuscitation. The bright acidity did return, but the fruit flavor was now a little more blueberries and dark cherries. Sweet licorice/candy core. Nice mushroom aroma persistent.
  I had a hard time guessing this one. It had an Old World nose, but a rather sweet fruity New World palate.
  Good quality. Very nice drinking now already. Will not get any better with further age.

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  2/17/2007 - pmik wrote: 89 Points

  Medium light ruby. Red berries and strawberries nose. Fairly concentrated berries and strawberries body - a little closed 1st night. Not a blockbuster - more elegant but with concentrated fruit still. 89-90 points.
  2nd night: more open, but also starting to fade
  3rd night: clearly faded and higher acids.

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